Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikivibrance IYD 2022 Celebration in Nigeria (ID: 21908836)

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Wikivibrance IYD 2022 Celebration in Nigeria
proposed start date2022-08-23
proposed end date2022-09-30
budget (local currency) 
budget (USD)0 USD
grant typeIndividual
funding region$$po_region;unknown_region$$
decision fiscal year2023-24
applicant• Favourdare123
organization (if applicable)• N/A

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Applicant Details[edit]

Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.

Favourdare123

Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.

James Moore200 Ptinphusmia Adebukola3ee Bukky658 John Joy Emmanuel Obiajulu Pojo07

Organization

N/A

Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.

Wikimedia User Group Nigeria

Grant Proposal[edit]

M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Wikivibrance IYD 2022 Celebration in Nigeria

Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)

Local

Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.


R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.


1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.

This project aims to commemorate the International Youth Day (IYD) 2022 in the movement by working with young people in the Nigeria Wikimedia movement to mobilize and engage participants across all the Nigeria Wikimedia communities to improve articles related to this year's IYD theme "Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages".

This project also aims to support local coordinators, raise awareness, engage existing contributors, increase contributions to the Wikimedia projects, and strengthen local Wikimedia communities in Nigeria to build and engage the community.

2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.

Our main strategies would include but not limited to the following: Organizing physical meetup in each community. Virtual conversation and support hours for all participants. Create and improve articles related to this year's IYD theme "Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages". Follow-up on all participants to know if they are having any challenges.

3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?

The following activities will be put in place; Panel discussion, Edit-a-thons, Follow-up

4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.

Not applicable

5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?

Ptinphumia James Moore200 Adebukola3ee Bukky658 John Joy Emmanuel Obiajulu Pojo07

6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.

Content Gender gap, Age (regency) , Geography, Language, Sexual Orientation, Topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context

6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.

This work will address the content gap by focusing on article relating to Intergenerational Solidarity; Creating a World for All Ages which is the theme of the IYD in Nigeria on Wikipedia, Wikidata and WikiCommons.

This work will also recognize the role of young people in shaping the Wikimedia community and mainstreaming their energy towards the mission and vision of the community.

7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.

Education, Advocacy, Human Rights, Open Technology, Diversity

8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?

Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Geographic , Linguistic / Language, Socioeconomic status, Digital Access

9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities?


10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?


11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.


12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?

No

If yes:

12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
N/A
12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
N/A

If no:

12.1 What was the reason for you deciding NOT to develop a joint proposal? How will you guarantee coordination efforts to make sure that you are not duplicating efforts and that you can maximise your work and joint impact.
This is a collaborative proposal.
13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.

No

13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.


14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.

Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Improve User Experience, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Manage Internal Knowledge, Identify Topics for Impact, Innovate in Free Knowledge

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation[edit]

15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?


16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.
Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics Description Target
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17. Core quantitative metrics.
Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics Description Target
Number of participants Total number of participants 120
Number of editors
Number of organizers 1 Project lead, 2 Advisors and 5 local coordinators 8
Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project
Wikimedia Project Description Target
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17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.


18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.


Financial Proposal[edit]

19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.


19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?

0 USD

20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.


We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

No

Endorsements and Feedback[edit]

Please add endorsements and feedback to the grant discussion page only. Endorsements added here will be removed automatically.

Community members are invited to share meaningful feedback on the proposal and include reasons why they endorse the proposal. Consider the following:

  • Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
  • Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
  • Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
  • Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
  • Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).

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